Editing Llanidloes (section)

==Churches and chapels==
*The parish church of St Idloes ([[Church in Wales]]). The 15th-century tower has walls of large stones 7&nbsp;ft thick. There is an [[Perpendicular architecture|Early Perpendicular]] west doorway. Timbered [[belfry (architecture)|belfry]] with pyramidal roof, which has been dated to 1594 by [[dendrochronology|tree rings]]. Inside at belfry level a rib-vault with random slate infill; in its centre is the opening for raising bells. Street rebuilt the north aisle, reusing the early 16th century panel-traceried east window, and replaced the other windows with Perpendicular tracery. Attached to the north-west of the church is the church hall of 1982 by Phillip G. Harrison. The splendid solemn arcade in the [[aisle]] is part of the fourteen-bay aisled nave of the Cistercian church at [[Abbey Cwmhir]], some 10 miles SW across the hills. There is no doubt that the material was carted away after the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]], and re-erected in slightly jumbled order at Llanidloes. [[File:Trinity Church, Llanidloes - geograph.org.uk - 1215104.jpg|thumb|Sion Chapel, Llanidloes]] The [[hammer-beam]] roof is the most elaborate in Montgomeryshire. Hammer beams on carved [[spandrel]]-pieces support curved ribs and principals, forming a sort of airy tunnel-vault. The framing is all delicately moulded. This type of roof often dates from the 15th century, but there is no reason to doubt the date of 1542 (on the ninth shield from the NE) as dendrochronology has proved that the timbers were felled in 1538. The [[corbels]] are odd masonry pieces including stiff-leaf from Cwmhir. The base of each bracket is carved, with an archer, or grotesque heads. Winged angels holding shields are fixed to each hammer beam.{{sfnp|Scourfield|Haslam|2013|pages=166–168}}
*Trinity United Reformed Church, Shortbridge Street, formerly Sion Independent Chapel. Built in 1878 by John Humphreys of [[Swansea]], a notable chapel builder. Set back within its plot to great effect. The three-bay façade has giant classical columns carrying arcading, with a pediment above. Rock-faced masonry with a smooth [[ashlar]] band over the trio of doorways containing plain lights for the lobby. Tall windows above with [[Florence|Florentine]] wooden tracery. The varnished pine interior contains raked seating. The gallery, continuous round all four sides, has a band of cast iron foliagework over boarding, with an organ above the pulpit. Pulpit with arcaded front. It cost £1,550 to build.{{sfnp|Scourfield|Haslam|2013|pages=168–169}}
*Church of Our Lady and [[St Richard Gwyn]] ([[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]]). Built in the 1950s next to the [[Franciscan Order|Franciscan]] friary on Penygreen Road. First Mass was celebrated at the church on the 18 October 1959.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-06-13|title=Congregation|url=https://catholicchurchourladyandstrichardgwynllanidloes.com/congregation/|access-date=2020-08-23|website=Llanidloes Catholic Church Our Lady & St Richard Gwyn|language=en}}</ref>